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The Round Dance

A Novel

by Carmine Abate ...

Translated by Michelangelo La Luna ...

Series series Other Voices of Italy
The village of Hora is a magical place that blurs the boundaries between a mythical past and the present. It is here that Costantino Avati grows alongside his impetuous and melancholic father, Francesco; his mother, Elena, who hides a secret torment; his two sisters, Orlandina and Lucrezia; and his grandfather Lissandro, the last custodian of an era and a world that are disappearing. As Costantino ... Read more

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The village of Hora is a magical place that blurs the boundaries between a mythical past and the present. It is here that Costantino Avati grows alongside his impetuous and melancholic father, Francesco; his mother, Elena, who hides a secret torment; his two sisters, Orlandina and Lucrezia; and his grandfather Lissandro, the last custodian of an era and a world that are disappearing. As Costantino
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Villa Coco

A Novel

by Andrew Sean Greer ...

ADJUTANT DESIRED for owner of modest country house. Collection of books, objects, art such as a Picasso to be cataloged before Christmas. Duties: dictation, pruning, shopping, hunting martens.So begins the tale of our young man, an aspiring archivist determined to begin a “serious” life after an undistinguished undergraduate career notable mainly for poor choices in love. Taking up residence in ... Read more

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ADJUTANT DESIRED for owner of modest country house. Collection of books, objects, art such as a Picasso to be cataloged before Christmas. Duties: dictation, pruning, shopping, hunting martens.So begins the tale of our young man, an aspiring archivist determined to begin a “serious” life after an undistinguished undergraduate career notable mainly for poor choices in love. Taking up residence in
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Eight Strings

by Margaret DeRosia ...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERAn enthralling coming-of-age debut novel about a young woman in late 19th-century Venice who becomes a man to join the male-dominated world of the theater as a puppeteer—in the vein of Sarah Waters.Ever since her grandfather introduced her to eight-string marionettes, Francesca has dreamed of performing from the rafters of Venice’s popular Minerva Theater. There’s just ... Read more

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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERAn enthralling coming-of-age debut novel about a young woman in late 19th-century Venice who becomes a man to join the male-dominated world of the theater as a puppeteer—in the vein of Sarah Waters.Ever since her grandfather introduced her to eight-string marionettes, Francesca has dreamed of performing from the rafters of Venice’s popular Minerva Theater. There’s just
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Seven Seasons in Siena

My Quixotic Quest for Acceptance Among Tuscany's Proudest People

by Robert Rodi ...

Siena seems at first glance a typical Italian city: within its venerable medieval walls the citizens sport designer clothes, wield digital phones, and prize their dazzling local cuisine. But unlike neighboring Florence, Siena is still deeply rooted in ancient traditions—chiefly the spectacular Palio, in which seventeen independent societies known as contrade vie for bragging rights in an annual ... Read more

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Siena seems at first glance a typical Italian city: within its venerable medieval walls the citizens sport designer clothes, wield digital phones, and prize their dazzling local cuisine. But unlike neighboring Florence, Siena is still deeply rooted in ancient traditions—chiefly the spectacular Palio, in which seventeen independent societies known as contrade vie for bragging rights in an annual
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Murder In Matera

A True Story of Passion, Family, and Forgiveness in Southern Italy

by Helene Stapinski ...

“A murder mystery, a model of investigative reporting, a celebration of the fierce bonds that hold families together through tragedies…Murder in Matera is a gem.” — San Francisco Chronicle"Tantalizing" — NPR“A thrilling detective story… Stapinski pursues the study of her family’s criminal genealogy with unexpected emotional results.” — Library ... ... Read more

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“A murder mystery, a model of investigative reporting, a celebration of the fierce bonds that hold families together through tragedies…Murder in Matera is a gem.” — San Francisco Chronicle"Tantalizing" — NPR“A thrilling detective story… Stapinski pursues the study of her family’s criminal genealogy with unexpected emotional results.” — Library ...
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Viper

No Resurrection for Commissario Ricciardi

by Maurizio de Giovanni ...

Translated by Antony Shugaar ...

Series Book 6 - The Commissario Ricciardi Mysteries
Commissario Ricciardi, "one of the most interesting and well-drawn detectives in fiction," returns in this historical mystery by the author of By My Hand ( The Daily Beast).It is one week before Easter, Naples, 1932. At the high-class brothel in the center of town known as Paradiso, Viper, the most famous prostitute of all, is found dead. Suffocated with a pillow. Her last client swears that when ... Read more

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Commissario Ricciardi, "one of the most interesting and well-drawn detectives in fiction," returns in this historical mystery by the author of By My Hand ( The Daily Beast).It is one week before Easter, Naples, 1932. At the high-class brothel in the center of town known as Paradiso, Viper, the most famous prostitute of all, is found dead. Suffocated with a pillow. Her last client swears that when
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La Superba

by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer ...

Translated by Michele Hutchison ...

"An ode to the imagination."—NRC HandelsbladA joy to read, La Superba, winner of the most prestigious Dutch literary prize, is a Rabelaisian, stylistic tour-de-force. Migration, legal and illegal, is at the center of this novel about a writer who becomes trapped in his walk on the wild side in mysterious and exotic Genoa, the labyrinthine port city nicknamed "La Superba."Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (b. ... Read more

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"An ode to the imagination."—NRC HandelsbladA joy to read, La Superba, winner of the most prestigious Dutch literary prize, is a Rabelaisian, stylistic tour-de-force. Migration, legal and illegal, is at the center of this novel about a writer who becomes trapped in his walk on the wild side in mysterious and exotic Genoa, the labyrinthine port city nicknamed "La Superba."Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (b.
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The House on Via Gemito

A Novel

by Domenico Starnone ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The Washington Post·Kirkus Reviews A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE This extraordinary Strega Prize-winning novel confirms Domenico Starnone's reputation as one of Italy's greatest living writers. Told against the backdrop of Naples in the 1960s, a city that itself becomes a vivid character in this lush, atmospheric novel, ... Read more

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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The Washington Post·Kirkus Reviews A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE This extraordinary Strega Prize-winning novel confirms Domenico Starnone's reputation as one of Italy's greatest living writers. Told against the backdrop of Naples in the 1960s, a city that itself becomes a vivid character in this lush, atmospheric novel,
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The Stone Boudoir

Travels Through the Hidden Villages of Sicily

by Theresa Maggio ...

Experience the history and daily rhythms of Sicily’s remote mountain towns with this stunning travel memoir revealing the hearts and minds of everyday Sicilians.In this sparkling book, Theresa Maggio takes us on a journey in search of Sicily’s most remote and least explored mountain towns. Using her grandparents’ ancestral village of Santa Margherita Belice as her base camp, she pores over old ... Read more

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Experience the history and daily rhythms of Sicily’s remote mountain towns with this stunning travel memoir revealing the hearts and minds of everyday Sicilians.In this sparkling book, Theresa Maggio takes us on a journey in search of Sicily’s most remote and least explored mountain towns. Using her grandparents’ ancestral village of Santa Margherita Belice as her base camp, she pores over old
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Jump Into Italian

by Sobaca ...

Series Book 1 - Jump Into Languages
It’s a great feeling to know you can be who you are without fear or embarrassment. This Italian language course is designed to be FUN AND EASY to follow. In this eBook we have covered all of the most likely situations you may face and have prepared you with the KEY WORDS AND PHRASES most commonly used. In this modern age you will most likely have a cell phone and wear a watch - consequently we ... Read more

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It’s a great feeling to know you can be who you are without fear or embarrassment. This Italian language course is designed to be FUN AND EASY to follow. In this eBook we have covered all of the most likely situations you may face and have prepared you with the KEY WORDS AND PHRASES most commonly used. In this modern age you will most likely have a cell phone and wear a watch - consequently we
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The Bottom of Your Heart

Inferno for Commissario Ricciardi

by Maurizio de Giovanni ...

Translated by Antony Shugaar ...

Series Book 7 - The Commissario Ricciardi Mysteries
The seventh Commissario Ricciardi historical mystery is "an intricately layered whodunit set in Fascist Naples . . . A richly textured story" ( Kirkus Reviews).In the middle of a summer heat wave, as Naples prepares for one of its most important holy days, a renowned surgeon falls to his death from the window of his office. For Commissario Ricciardi and Brigadier Maione it is the beginning of an ... Read more

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The seventh Commissario Ricciardi historical mystery is "an intricately layered whodunit set in Fascist Naples . . . A richly textured story" ( Kirkus Reviews).In the middle of a summer heat wave, as Naples prepares for one of its most important holy days, a renowned surgeon falls to his death from the window of his office. For Commissario Ricciardi and Brigadier Maione it is the beginning of an
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A Place in Italy

by Simon Mawer ...

'You can't go and live there,' a despairing friend remarked, 'it's not even in Rome.'And it certainly wasn't, but still the author and his wife went to Avea, tucked away amongst the woods and gorges of the Lazio countryside.There they found no Colosseum, or Pantheon; there were no Ferraris racing around the Palazzi Navona, Venezia or Farnese. Instead they discovered the true agony and beauty of ... Read more

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'You can't go and live there,' a despairing friend remarked, 'it's not even in Rome.'And it certainly wasn't, but still the author and his wife went to Avea, tucked away amongst the woods and gorges of the Lazio countryside.There they found no Colosseum, or Pantheon; there were no Ferraris racing around the Palazzi Navona, Venezia or Farnese. Instead they discovered the true agony and beauty of
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